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Religions, like camel caravans, seem to avoid mountain passes. Buddhism spread quickly south from Buddha’s birth-place in southern Nepal across the flat Gangetic plain to Sri Lanka. But it took a millennium to reach China…The religious belt stretched eventually to Mongolia and Japan, but in Afghanistan Buddhism filled only a narrow belt that left pagans among the valleys to the east and west in Kailash and Ghor’.
Which of the following best summarises the subject of this paragraph ?
The Afghan people were hostile to Buddhism.
Geography has considerable impact on the spread of religions.
Buddhism does not flourish in mountainous regions.
Religion has a considerable impact on geography.
Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to insight into the god.
The Afghan people were hostile to Buddhism.
Geography has considerable impact on the spread of religions.
Buddhism does not flourish in mountainous regions.
Religion has a considerable impact on geography.
Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to insight into the god.
Solution
Buddhism does not flourish in mountainous regions.
